Primary Science Quality Mark

The Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM) is an award scheme to enable primary schools across the UK to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their science provision. Schools can achieve bronze, silver and gold awards. During Autumn and Spring term, we were working towards achieving one of these awards; towards the end of Spring term, Miss Ward submitted our application.

AIMSThe Primary Science Quality Mark has the following aims:

to raise the profile of science in primary schools

to provide schools with a framework and professional support for developing science leadership, teaching and learning

to celebrate excellence in primary science

to work with existing and facilitate new networks across the UK and wider to provide local support for primary science

to assemble and make accessible to the wider science education community a rich data base of current practice in primary science.

PROCESS

Schools achieve a Primary Science Quality Mark award through a process of initial audit , followed by action and reflection.

design an action plan which they put into place over a period of 2-3 terms

submit reflections and key pieces of evidence (core documents) to support their submission for the selected award and to illustrate the impact that their actions have had whilst working towards the achievement of the PSQM award criteria.

We have recently been informed that we have obtained the SILVER AWARD! This is a fantastic achievement for the school and we are extremely proud of all of the hard work that both the staff and pupils alike have put into the development of Science in school. Please join us in congratulating everybody for the immense effort that they put into achieving this quality mark.